287 – ʿAlqama and al-Aswad reported: A man came to Ibn Masʿūd and said, “I recite the mufassal section of the Qurʾan in a single rakʿa.” Ibn Masʿūd replied, “Do you rattle it off like poetry and scatter it as one scatters inferior dates? Rather, the Prophet ﷺ used to recite matching pairs—two sūrahs—in one rakʿa: [Sūrat al-Najm and Sūrat al-Raḥmān in one rakʿa … and Sūrat al-Dukhān and ‘When the sun is folded up’ in one rakʿa].
Sound, excluding what is inside the brackets: (here a blank appears in the printed original).
Then sound in its entirety: Ṣifat al-Ṣalāh, Maktab al-Islāmī ed., p. 75.
288 – A man passed by the Prophet ﷺ while he was sitting with some people. One of those present said, “I truly love this man for Allah’s sake.” The Prophet ﷺ asked, “Have you informed him?” He replied, “No.” He said, “Then stand up and tell him,” … [The man then returned to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of what he had said. The Prophet ﷺ said, “You will be with those you love, and you will have what you sought.”]
Reported by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, and al-Tirmidhī on the authority of Anas.
Good, excluding what is inside the brackets: Takhrīj al-Mishkāt (5017).
Then sound in its entirety: al-Silsila al-Ṣaḥīḥa (3253).